Support The Online Citizen Asia

Why Your Support Matters

In Singapore and across the region, the space for independent journalism has become increasingly constrained. Legal and regulatory tools, alongside pressure on funding channels, have raised the cost of doing accountability reporting and reduced the room for critical voices.

Measures such as the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) have been used in ways that can chill public debate, disrupting the ability of independent outlets to sustain operations through normal commercial means, including advertising revenue.

The Online Citizen Asia has continued publishing despite these headwinds. The financial realities remain straightforward: maintaining a functioning newsroom, infrastructure, and legal resilience requires direct reader support—especially when traditional revenue streams are constrained.

How You Can Help

Donate to Sustain Independent Media

Your contribution helps us keep publishing, fund reporting and verification work, maintain operational infrastructure, and withstand political and legal pressures intended to shut independent platforms down.

One-time support

• Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theonlinecitizen

Other options

• PayPal: [email protected]

• Crypto: theonlinecitizen.cb.id

Bank transfer (Taiwan-based entity)

• Entity Name: Miaoyi Infotech Ltd

• Account Number: 2061-01-0001283-1

• SWIFT Code: TSIBTWTP061

Monthly support

• Patreon – Citizen Media Fund (monthly support to sustain independent journalism)

Partner With Us Through Advertising

We also welcome partnerships with organisations, communities, and businesses that want to reach our audience across platforms such as YouTube and TikTok.

Advertising with The Online Citizen Asia places your message alongside journalism that prioritises independence, accountability, and public interest reporting.

For enquiries, please write to us at [email protected].

Why It Matters

Supporting The Online Citizen Asia is not just about funding one publication. It is:

• A stand for freedom of expression and public accountability in the region.

• A commitment to keeping journalism independent of political and corporate capture.

• An investment in sustaining a platform that continues reporting when it is costly to do so.

Every donation and partnership strengthens the capacity to keep publishing—and to keep scrutiny alive when it matters most.

Stand with us. Support The Online Citizen Asia today.